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Recent articles about Forrest Snowen-usRays sign three players to minor league deals, MLB Pipeline Top-100 prospects, etc.By One Metric, Noah Pransky (Shadow of the Stadium Blog) finds that Pinellas County baseball fans are supporting the Tampa Bay Rays better than their counter parts across the bay. (Photo Credit: Suko’s License Plates)
The Tampa Bay Rays made a few minor moves this weekend, signing three players to minor league contracts complete with invitations to camp: right-handed pitchers Ryan Weber and Forrest Snow, and catcher Johnny Monell. Additional Spring Training depth aside, the three potentially could be regular season options.
Marc Topkin (Tampa Bay Times) wrote about Weber, Monell, and Snow on Saturday, saying:
Weber, 27, is a true local product, having played at Clearwater Central Catholic High and St. Petersburg College before being drafted by the Braves in 2009. He made it to the majors in 2015 and worked in 16 games (two starts) in 2016 for the Braves, then went to the Mariners on waivers in 2017 and missed a chunk of the season with a biceps injury.
Monell, 31, made it the majors briefly with the Giants 28 Jan 2018 17:56:39 -0500http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/rays_sign_three_players_to_minor_league_deals_mlb_pipeline_top_100_prospects_etc/s1_13528_25563881
http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/rays_sign_three_players_to_minor_league_deals_mlb_pipeline_top_100_prospects_etc/s1_13528_25563881Rays sign three players to minor league deals, MLB Pipeline Top-100 prospects, etc.http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/rays_sign_three_players_to_minor_league_deals_mlb_pipeline_top_100_prospects_etc/s1_13528_25563881http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.pngFour Brewers pitchers combine on Biloxi no-hitterNo matter whom Double-A Biloxi sent out to the mound, Tennessee couldn't manage to get a hit. The Shuckers used four pitchers -- Hiram Burgos, Forrest Snow, Nick Ramirez and Jorge Lopez -- in a seven-inning game to record the first no-hitter in franchise history.14 Aug 2017 23:55:10 -0400http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/four_brewers_pitchers_combine_on_biloxi_no_hitter/s1_6072_24539158
http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/four_brewers_pitchers_combine_on_biloxi_no_hitter/s1_6072_24539158Four Brewers pitchers combine on Biloxi no-hitterhttp://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/four_brewers_pitchers_combine_on_biloxi_no_hitter/s1_6072_24539158http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.pngMinor League Context: ArmsFollowing the original April 25 Minor League Context post, and yesterday’s note on the batting environments for Brewers affiliates, it is time to look into the environments faced by system arms. I looked at pitchers with 13.0+ innings pitched thus far, which produced a smaller batch of pitchers than bats. Yet, many of the environmental factors hold across the diamond: the top prospects in Colorado Springs are (mostly) facing easy competition, Carolina and Biloxi are both facing rather tough environments and competitions, and the Midwest League is split.
Let’s have a look at where the system stood for the previous update:
Affiliate (Players)
Median oppOPS
Median Age
Brewers Park Factor
Easy Competition?
Tough Competition?
AAA Pacific Coast (228)
.736
27
125
Woodruff / Garza / Cravy / Suter
Wang / Archer / Burgos/ Scahill/ Hader
AA Southern (130)
.650
24
97
Jungmann / Ventura
Gainey / Derby / Snow / Ramirez / Lopez
Advanced A Carolina (105)
.695
23
96
No One
Everyone
A Midwest (211)
.675
22
109
Myers / Drossner13 May 2017 10:13:33 -0400http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/minor_league_context_arms/s1_13183_23946412
http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/minor_league_context_arms/s1_13183_23946412Minor League Context: Armshttp://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/minor_league_context_arms/s1_13183_23946412http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.pngProjecting the Minor-League Free-Agent PitchersEvery winter, hundreds of nondescript minor leaguers become minor-league free agents. Players are granted minor-league free agency when they’re omitted from a club’s 40-man roster and have also spent at least six years in the minor leagues. In other words, they’re players who weren’t good enough to merit a call-up after several years in the minors, and their organizations suspect they lack the potential to be worthy of a 40-man spot.
Some of these players latch on with new organizations; some of them don’t. But regardless, the overwhelming majority never have much big league success. A couple of years ago, Carson Cistulli found that only about 1% of minor-league free agents produce at least 0.5 WAR the following season. Minor-league free agents are the absolute bottom of the barrel when it comes to player transactions. But there’s an occasional gem at the bottom of that barrel. It’s not unheard of, at all, for a minor-league free agent to make a major-league impact. Here, in no particular 15 Nov 2016 15:01:33 -0500http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/projecting_the_minor_league_free_agent_pitchers/s1_8637_22427227
http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/projecting_the_minor_league_free_agent_pitchers/s1_8637_22427227Projecting the Minor-League Free-Agent Pitchershttp://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/projecting_the_minor_league_free_agent_pitchers/s1_8637_22427227http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.pngSeattle Mariners make first 2012 cuts on SundayFor these prospects, it will be another year till they get their shot
On Sunday, the Seattle Mariners made the first of many moves to trim their roster to the mandatory 25 men for their opening day trip to Japan. The number of players left in camp now is 47, after 15 were sent to the minor league part of the Peoria Sports Complex.
Among the players cut were top draft pick Danny Hultzen, and top pitching prospect stud Taijuan Walker.
Not many expected Hultzen to make the big league squad this season, but for Walker, I think Mariners manager Eric Wedge is just biding his time till a mid season call up.
Another player getting the axe on Sunday was CF prospect Darren Ford, who many thought would give a hell of a battle for the injury replacement of Franklin Gutierrez to start the season.
But for now, that battle will be played out between Trayvon Robinson and Michael Saunders.
The remaining players cut were:
Pitchers
Yoervis Medina, Forrest Snow, Mauricio Robles, Scott Patterson.
Infielders
Nick 12 Mar 2012 17:16:16 -0400http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/seattle_mariners_make_first_2012_cuts_on_sunday/s1_9517_10292392
http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/seattle_mariners_make_first_2012_cuts_on_sunday/s1_9517_10292392Seattle Mariners make first 2012 cuts on Sundayhttp://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/seattle_mariners_make_first_2012_cuts_on_sunday/s1_9517_10292392http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png